Why Kyle Shanahan was 'miserable' on the day the 49ers traded for Jimmy Garoppolo

Head coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers congratulates Jimmy Garoppolo #10 after a one-yard touchdown run against the Jacksonville Jaguars during their NFL game at Levi's Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Santa Clara, California. less

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Head coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers congratulates Jimmy Garoppolo #10 after a one-yard touchdown run against the Jacksonville Jaguars during their NFL game at Levi's Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Santa Clara, California. less

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Why Kyle Shanahan was 'miserable' on the day the 49ers traded for Jimmy Garoppolo

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On the day the San Francisco 49ers acquired Jimmy Garoppolo from the New England Patriots, news of the trade initially did little to lift the spirits of head coach Kyle Shanahan, who at the time was having what he describes as a "miserable" day.

During a Tuesday morning appearance on KNBR, Shanahan explained that the trade occurred just two days after a 33-10 loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, and to him, that loss was a low point in a season that was about to turn around.

"I remember how miserable I was coming in that morning, it was after the Philadelphia game where we were kind of at rock bottom there," Shanahan said on an episode of KNBR's "Murph & Mac." "We went into that game pretty banged up, lost guys during that game, it made you worry about the next week too... So I had a horrible taste coming in."

Shanahan stated that the phone call with the Patriots "changed his mood a little bit," but he was mostly concerned about addressing the team following the brutal loss to the Eagles.

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"I had to address a bunch of things with the team and went through a real tough day," he said. "[I] did have that phone call in the morning, which surprised me, and it changed my mood a little bit, it excited me, but there was still a lot of other stuff going on. I had to go address the team and deal with a bunch of things."

It wasn't until he was about to go to sleep that the Garoppolo news finally sunk in.

"I remember, at the end of the day, sitting in bed with my wife and I was just like, 'Man, gosh, that was miserable this morning, but it's weird that tonight, we're going to bed and we do have Jimmy as our quarterback so let's see how this goes,'" the 49ers head coach said. "It was two extremes in the day, that's for sure."

In March, 49ers general manager John Lynch stated that Shanahan was initially "in mourning" after the Garoppolo trade, mainly because it all but closed the door on the team bringing in Kirk Cousins, Shanahan's former pupil in Washington.

"We made the trade, but then there were some days that Kyle Shanahan was like in mourning because I think everybody knows his master plan was to have Kirk Cousins come in, eventually," Lynch said. "I was proud of Kyle because I think he knew that this was the right thing for our franchise. And he didn't hesitate. But then, even then, Jimmy really had to prove himself."